TY - BOOK AU - Crawford,James TI - The creation of states in international law SN - 9780198260028 (hbk.) AV - KZ4041. C7 2006 U1 - 341.26 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Oxford PB - Clarendon Press KW - Sovereignty KW - State succession KW - Newly independent states N1 - Previous ed.: 1979; Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. I. The concept of statehood in international law: 1. Statehood and recognition -- 2. The criteria for statehood : statehood as effectiveness -- 3. International law conditions for the creation of states -- 4. Issues of statehood before United Nations organs -- 5. The criteria for statehood applied : some special cases -- Pt. II. Modes of the creation of states in international law: 6. Original acquisition and problems of statehood -- 7. Dependent states and other dependent entities -- 8. Devolution -- 9. Secession -- Divided states and reunification -- 10. Unions and federations of states -- 11. International dispositive powers -- Pt. III. The creation of states in international organizations: 12. International dispositive -- 13. Mandates and trust territories -- 14. Non-self-governing territories : the law and practice of decolonization -- Pt. IV. Issues of commencement, continuity and extinction: 15. The commencement of states -- 16. Problems of identity, continuity and reversion -- 17. The extinction of states ER -